Being an online student is full of perks and you get as much freedom as you want. You get to attend your class and participate at your own leisure, while still earning three or more credits. It's all fun and games until you realize that there are many cons as there are pros to taking online classes. You may be like me, a college student who came with many credits from high school, so you were already on top of your game. You'll be transferring from a community college to a new school in no time but until then, you're kind of stuck with writing long paragraphs and participating in discussions instead of being social. The cons can go from simple to overall annoying.
1. Deadlines Are Almost Always Unavoidable
You could easily be a procrastinator like myself, and just say you'll do it the night that the assignment is due and put it off. It's like putting off an essay, but at least for an essay in a lecture type class, you have others around you to go off of and guide you. In an online class, nobody talks to each other. There's no one you can stop in the hall and ask what they did for the theme for your essay, you're lone wolfing that situation.
2. No Social Life
You probably made friends at your college before you ghosted and went online, but they're either farther away just like your regular friends, or they have other commitments. Not being at school means you aren't caught up on things. You aren't up to par with any gossip, when the next party is and where or what events are going on. Sure you manage to go out and see friends every so often, but it seems a lot harder and requires a lot more effort find one rather than going to your group of friends and asking them what's good for the weekend. It stinks that you can feel so alone, and not have any plans especially if you aren't working too, it's just something that has to be dealt with.
3. Professors Never Give Any Feedback
Some professors on these online classes may have a tendency to be absolute ghosts. They show up once in awhile to post assignments but then disappear right when you need them. They also could never reply to course messages and not provide any other contact information. These professors aren't as bad as the ones who post all the criteria and assignments needed for the semester then say "see ya." Those ones are probably even lazier than their students! One professor I had to contact her department chair to tell her to open her email to let her know that the link for our test was broken. Now that was an adventure.
Overall online classes can be enjoyable if you are super interested in the topic, but also lack the college setting you know you really want to be in.
